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all of them are dedicated to the safety of the united states. as john has indicated, here we simply had a systemic failure. dhs uses the list as the cornerstone of our efforts to prevent suspected terrorists from boarding airplanes bound for the united states. second, we will establish a partnership on aviation screen technology between dhs and the department of energy and its national laboratories. this will allow government to use the expertise of the national labs to develop new and more effective technologies so that we can react not only to known threats but also proactively to anticipate new ways by which terrorists can seat aboard our aircraft. third, we should accelerate the point of advanced imaging technologies so we have greater capability to detect explosives like the ones used in the christmas day attack. we currently have 40 machines deployed throughout the united states. in 2010 we are scheduled to deploy 300 more, and may deploy more than that. the tsa does not conduct screening overseas. the christmas day incident underscores th
all of them are dedicated to the safety of the united states. as john has indicated, here we simply had a systemic failure. dhs uses the list as the cornerstone of our efforts to prevent suspected terrorists from boarding airplanes bound for the united states. second, we will establish a partnership on aviation screen technology between dhs and the department of energy and its national laboratories. this will allow government to use the expertise of the national labs to develop new and more...
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that makes it an older nation than the united states. what the problem has been in afghanistan is not a lack of nationhood as an idea, it is that generally speaking it has had a weak central state. there's nothing wrong with that. i'm trying to impose a top down, central state, it is part of our problem here. i think. sort of rhetted it that,ed most popular institution in afghanistan scoring just -- enormously high numbers is the afghan national army, can is obviously our ticket out building that up. when asked which institution do you most admire, 82% say the afghan national army, which is seen as not operating in any ethnic, in any ethnic interest and is seen as, an institution that is really doing -- a -- good work. the cory comment view is afghanistan is too hard or too violent. this is also completely ridiculous. you're like -- more likely to be murdered in the united states in 1991 than killed in the war in afghanistan today. i'm going to elaborate that because it is a surprising finding. the murder rate in the united states in 199
that makes it an older nation than the united states. what the problem has been in afghanistan is not a lack of nationhood as an idea, it is that generally speaking it has had a weak central state. there's nothing wrong with that. i'm trying to impose a top down, central state, it is part of our problem here. i think. sort of rhetted it that,ed most popular institution in afghanistan scoring just -- enormously high numbers is the afghan national army, can is obviously our ticket out building...
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they have a higher priority of the attacking the united states. they have note sent us any idea that they intend something as big as 9/11. they're satisfied with things like ft. hood and what could have happened on christmas day. in 2004, we focused on collecting all the information we needed to collect, we wanted to make sure that that information would be shared so we could connect the dots. we are collecting so much information now, we have sharing it, we need to drop develop the capabilities to do a better job of analysis. we had the dots here. the problem was that the systems are not in place to connect the dots. this is the part of the transformation we still need to see in the intelligence community. >> let me turn to passenger screening. sit time to profile passengers on the bay bah sis of religion or ethnicity? >> the problem with froe filing is if you take that approach, you're going to miss the richard reids who do not fit the profile. what we have in this case was the failure to act on a credible report from the terrorist afs father, t
they have a higher priority of the attacking the united states. they have note sent us any idea that they intend something as big as 9/11. they're satisfied with things like ft. hood and what could have happened on christmas day. in 2004, we focused on collecting all the information we needed to collect, we wanted to make sure that that information would be shared so we could connect the dots. we are collecting so much information now, we have sharing it, we need to drop develop the...
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in their path on the way back into the united states. but we have since the incident we have had numerous conversations with the ceo's of carriers, the secretary will be meeting with the head of-- in geneva on this trip she is going to today after the hearing with you, and we will be having a discussion with airline carriers as to how we can all work together to improve the security of the system. >> carriers have indicated that information regarding passengers visas dad this is not available in real time when a passenger checks in at the airport. we will actually be taking addresses and other similar problems. >> so, the visa revocations and these are refusals or did nylz are checked prior to boarding an individual. bair check this part of the preflight screening process that is ongoing and has been ongoing for some time. >> okay, so do you think there is an issue with them not having this visa information in real time? >> the state department uploads all of these issuances that it makes to databases that are coming that we share with t
in their path on the way back into the united states. but we have since the incident we have had numerous conversations with the ceo's of carriers, the secretary will be meeting with the head of-- in geneva on this trip she is going to today after the hearing with you, and we will be having a discussion with airline carriers as to how we can all work together to improve the security of the system. >> carriers have indicated that information regarding passengers visas dad this is not...
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some of them got trained here in the united states. so you don't declare war against these countries and say that we have to go in and start bombing pakistan and bombing afghanistan and bombing yemen. they happen to be there. that's true. but they're there because we stimulate them. we follow them to the hands of osama bin laden by us going there and causing people to get some angry, it helps his recruiting efforts. he's written about this. he has said this. he says i want the americans to go over here and bankrupt their country and besides, it will help my recruiting efforts. we're doing exactly what he had planned. >> larry: we'll be right back. by the way, tomorrow night michael chertoff, the former director of homeland security, will be with us. will it shift attention away from health care he reform and other issues? we'll talk about that after the break. >> larry: does all this terror talk shift us away from other things? >> to some extent it is. we're not talking a lot about how to fight terrorism. we're listening to folks like
some of them got trained here in the united states. so you don't declare war against these countries and say that we have to go in and start bombing pakistan and bombing afghanistan and bombing yemen. they happen to be there. that's true. but they're there because we stimulate them. we follow them to the hands of osama bin laden by us going there and causing people to get some angry, it helps his recruiting efforts. he's written about this. he has said this. he says i want the americans to go...
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they were not used for the airline that was going to come here to the united states. but i think those body scanners and other things need to be part of this. >> would those scanners have detected the level of petn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> i think it's unknown. but i think it would have enhanced our potential for actually identifying it. >> why is he being treated as an enemy combatant instead of a criminal? >> we're a country of laws and what we're going to do is make sure thate treat each individual case appropriately. in the past richard reed, the former shoe bomber, all of them were charged in criminal courts, were sentenced in some cases to life imprisonment. we have tools available whether it's enemy combatant or charge them criminally. we look at the cases and in this case decided it was best to charge them criminally. >> would there be additional intelligence that could be gleaned by making him an enemy combatant? do you believe whatever you are learning from him was the christmas day plot part of something larger from al qaeda and the arain bran pe
they were not used for the airline that was going to come here to the united states. but i think those body scanners and other things need to be part of this. >> would those scanners have detected the level of petn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> i think it's unknown. but i think it would have enhanced our potential for actually identifying it. >> why is he being treated as an enemy combatant instead of a criminal? >> we're a country of laws and what we're going to...
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the united states. every individual flying here from anywhere in the world who has an itinerary or passport from nations that are state- sponsors of terrorism or countries of interest, are required to go through enhanced screening. the majority of all other passengers on united states deskbound international flights will go through random enhanced screening. at airports throughout the united states, we have deployed additional airport law enforcement officials, behavior detection officers, air marshals, and explosive- detection canine teams among other methods seen and unseen. i want to express our thanks to the traveling public for their patience with the security measures. i want to thank the department, and security personnel who have been engaged on a day in, day out basis to implement them since christmas. i would like to describe to you five of the recommendations that are included in our report to the president. first, there needs to be an evaluation and modification of the criteria and process u
the united states. every individual flying here from anywhere in the world who has an itinerary or passport from nations that are state- sponsors of terrorism or countries of interest, are required to go through enhanced screening. the majority of all other passengers on united states deskbound international flights will go through random enhanced screening. at airports throughout the united states, we have deployed additional airport law enforcement officials, behavior detection officers, air...
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should the american people expect military action by the united states? >> i think the military should expect that the government will do everything to hold those individuals accountable, whether they are in yemen or other places. they have carried out attacks and now it's very clear that we are going to take strong action against them. >> let me talk more about the christmas day plot. last week, january neat napolitano said that the system worked. do you agree? every other day, this is in the works so far every day this year, we've been able to thwart attacks by david headley and others and clearly what the president wants to do is make sure that we strengthen the system. it's not that it's broken but there's ways to improve the system, strengthen it, and put together variouses pieces of information to stop every single terrorist out there. >> let me get to that. >> when a family member says i'm worried, that should be a big red flag. and in fact, abdulmutallab's father, a prominent figure, goes to the u.s. embassy and says my son went to yemen, he's bec
should the american people expect military action by the united states? >> i think the military should expect that the government will do everything to hold those individuals accountable, whether they are in yemen or other places. they have carried out attacks and now it's very clear that we are going to take strong action against them. >> let me talk more about the christmas day plot. last week, january neat napolitano said that the system worked. do you agree? every other day,...
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they weren't used, in fact, for the airline coming here to the united states. i think those full body scanners as well as other things needs to be part of this package. >> would those scanners have detected the level of petn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> i think it's unknown. but i think it would have enhanced our potential for actually identifying it. >> why isn't he being treated as an enemy combatant instead of aa criminal? >> first of all, we're a country of laws. what we're going to do is to make sure we treat each individual case appropriately. in the past, richard reid, the former shoe bomber, zacarias moussaoui, jose padilla, all of them chanch echarged in crimina court and sentenced to life imprisonment. we have these tools available, whether it's an enemy combatant avenue or charge them criminally. we looked at the cases and decided it was best, in fact, to charge him criminally. >> would there be additional intelligence that could be gleaned by making him an enemy combatant? do you believe that whatever you're learning from him, was the christm
they weren't used, in fact, for the airline coming here to the united states. i think those full body scanners as well as other things needs to be part of this package. >> would those scanners have detected the level of petn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> i think it's unknown. but i think it would have enhanced our potential for actually identifying it. >> why isn't he being treated as an enemy combatant instead of aa criminal? >> first of all, we're a country of...
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in their path on the way back into the united states. but we have since the incident we have had numerous conversations with the ceo's of carriers, the secretary will be meeting with the head of-- in geneva on this trip she is going to today after the hearing with you, and we will be having a discussion with airline carriers as to how we can all work together to improve the security of the system. >> carriers have indicated that information regarding passengers visas dad this is not available in real time when a passenger checks in at the airport. we will actually be taking addresses and other similar problems. >> so, the visa revocations and these are refusals or did nylz are checked prior to boarding an individual. bair check this part of the preflight screening process that is ongoing and has been ongoing for some time. >> okay, so do you think there is an issue with them not having this visa information in real time? >> the state department uploads all of these issuances that it makes to databases that are coming that we share with t
in their path on the way back into the united states. but we have since the incident we have had numerous conversations with the ceo's of carriers, the secretary will be meeting with the head of-- in geneva on this trip she is going to today after the hearing with you, and we will be having a discussion with airline carriers as to how we can all work together to improve the security of the system. >> carriers have indicated that information regarding passengers visas dad this is not...
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united states. i want to dwell on that term for just a moment. congress' fiduciary responsibility. that sounds laughable today. but to the framers of our constitution, the term congress' fiduciary responsibility wasn't a punchline, it was a bedrock principle. it's high time we restored and respected that principle. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: it's my honor to now yield to another co-sponsor of this legislation and a valued member of our committee on natural resources, the gentleman from new mexico, mr. heinrich, such time he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico is recognized. mr. heinrich: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chairman. the taos pueblo indian water right settlement act is critically important to taos pueblo and for that matter all of northern new mexico. i want to thank my colleague, representative ben ray lujan for his
united states. i want to dwell on that term for just a moment. congress' fiduciary responsibility. that sounds laughable today. but to the framers of our constitution, the term congress' fiduciary responsibility wasn't a punchline, it was a bedrock principle. it's high time we restored and respected that principle. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: it's my honor to...
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we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> i am less interested in passing out blame than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately the buck stops with me. as president i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people and when the system fails, it is my responsibility. >> president obama taking responsibility this week for america's closest brush with airline terror in years. he suggested no one will be fired at least for now and he ordered a series of reforms including tougher rules for putting people on the no fly list, and more widespread distribution of intelligence reports. the president also renewing his declaration of war on al qaeda and its growing presence in yemen. cnn international security correspondent paula newton is in yemen for us. we'll go to her in a moment. also here in washington are our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve and former homeland security inspector general clark kent irvin. thanks to all
we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> i am less interested in passing out blame than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately the buck stops with me. as president i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people and when the system fails, it is my responsibility. >> president obama taking responsibility this week for...
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we need to rethink how it is we can ahead of individuals coming to the united states from foreign countries -- the 9/11 commission was very explicit about this, particularly individuals coming from third world countries through transit areas into major airports like amsterdam. >> this all reminds me -- sounds like shutting the barn door after the horse is out. when we see it's from nigeria, now we'll start focusing on african countries. when it was shoes, we took off shoes. you're saying the new streamline intelligence agencies do work. you're saying all the extra staff is helpful. what are you describing that could be the fix? >> there's always some amount of kiddie soccer involved where everyone rushes to the ball. here it's perhaps nigeria. we need to focus, and particularly with respect to profiling. profiling should be a combination of intelligence and other factors. now we know the danger of somalia as well as other countries that are now on our target list for where training centers are being conducted. and so we need to check for passports for when individuals have visited these cou
we need to rethink how it is we can ahead of individuals coming to the united states from foreign countries -- the 9/11 commission was very explicit about this, particularly individuals coming from third world countries through transit areas into major airports like amsterdam. >> this all reminds me -- sounds like shutting the barn door after the horse is out. when we see it's from nigeria, now we'll start focusing on african countries. when it was shoes, we took off shoes. you're saying...
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it was a major problem for the united states. another thing they can talk on, afghanistan is a nation [unintelligible] in 1747, the federation was founded. that makes it an older nation than the united states. it is not a lack of nationhood. it is that it has had a weak central state. there is nothing really wrong with that. the central state has been part of our problem. related to that, the most popular institution in afghanistan, scoring these enormous high numbers was the afghan national army. when asked which institution do you most admire, a 82% say the afghan national army. it is seen as an institution that is really doing good work.
it was a major problem for the united states. another thing they can talk on, afghanistan is a nation [unintelligible] in 1747, the federation was founded. that makes it an older nation than the united states. it is not a lack of nationhood. it is that it has had a weak central state. there is nothing really wrong with that. the central state has been part of our problem. related to that, the most popular institution in afghanistan, scoring these enormous high numbers was the afghan national...
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there were not used for the airline that was coming to united states. those needs to be part of the package. >> what these scanners and p detectetn the level of which eight detected the level of -- detected the level of petn? >> i think it would. host: that issue is something that libertarians will be aiming for. >> there was a vote in congress to limit the use of body scanners earlier this year. that is the way everyone was looking then. now there
there were not used for the airline that was coming to united states. those needs to be part of the package. >> what these scanners and p detectetn the level of which eight detected the level of -- detected the level of petn? >> i think it would. host: that issue is something that libertarians will be aiming for. >> there was a vote in congress to limit the use of body scanners earlier this year. that is the way everyone was looking then. now there
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states who were part of trials here in the united states. so i believe the handling of mr. abdulmutallab is entirely appropriate, and i think people should understand that. i am concerned about the no-fly list. i believe the definition of who would go on the no-fly list is highly convoluted, takes a philadelphia lawyer to interpret, and i have been told by director blair that it is being reassessed and hopefully will be redone. petn is becoming the expose of the choice. i suspect we are going to have more attempts using this explosive, and hopefully it will not be perfected seven. so, let's go for a moment to the visas. and mr. kennedy, let me ask you, were you saying in your testimony that there will be an automatic replication of visas for subjects of the visa viper cable, or a terrorist identity, the tied entry? >> the answer is yes or no. >> the answer is no for the reasons outlined in my testimony senator. we received information that causes us great concern as the first line of national security. we send that information to our partner
states who were part of trials here in the united states. so i believe the handling of mr. abdulmutallab is entirely appropriate, and i think people should understand that. i am concerned about the no-fly list. i believe the definition of who would go on the no-fly list is highly convoluted, takes a philadelphia lawyer to interpret, and i have been told by director blair that it is being reassessed and hopefully will be redone. petn is becoming the expose of the choice. i suspect we are going...
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-flagged carrier over the united states or do the united states city, the fact of the matter is that there were passengers on the airliner from over 17 different countries of the world. in fact, over 100 of the passengers on that airliner where from countries other than the united states. so this is the essence of an international issue. all responsible nations have a steak here to make sure that we improve, agree, move forward in at least four different areas. one is the collection of information and analysis of the information. the second is the sharing of information and the collaboration of things such as passenger abet thing. the third is raising collectively, international aviation security standards. of and the forth is development of deployment of information in the screening technology and our commitment to put our best forward for the future generations of screening and technology. afterall, al qaeda has used and is using it's best mines against data national system -- the international aviation system. now we must do no less. >> there are others on the podium with us today
-flagged carrier over the united states or do the united states city, the fact of the matter is that there were passengers on the airliner from over 17 different countries of the world. in fact, over 100 of the passengers on that airliner where from countries other than the united states. so this is the essence of an international issue. all responsible nations have a steak here to make sure that we improve, agree, move forward in at least four different areas. one is the collection of...
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states who were part of trails here in the united states. so i believe the handling of mr. abdullah tolle of is entirely appropriate. and i think people should understand that. i'm concerned about the no-fly list. i believe the definition of who would go on the no-fly list is highly convoluted, takes a philadelphia lawyer to interpret and i've been told by direct or player that it is being reassessed and hopefully will be redone. pet and is becoming the explosive of choice. were going to have more attempts using this explosive and hopefully it will not be perfect but soon. so let's go for a moment to the visas. and mr. kennedy, let me ask you, were you saying in your testimony that there will be an automatic revocation of the says four subjects of a visa viper cable or a terrorist identities mark environments the tried and true? answer is yes or no. >> answer is no for the reasons outlined in my testimony, senator. we receive information that causes us great concern as the first line of national security. we send them information to our part
states who were part of trails here in the united states. so i believe the handling of mr. abdullah tolle of is entirely appropriate. and i think people should understand that. i'm concerned about the no-fly list. i believe the definition of who would go on the no-fly list is highly convoluted, takes a philadelphia lawyer to interpret and i've been told by direct or player that it is being reassessed and hopefully will be redone. pet and is becoming the explosive of choice. were going to have...
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we were not necessarily holding out the united states as a model, nor were we saying the united states has done everything wrong and you should not do what we do. so the implementation issues are what seem to be striking a lot of questions with them, and they were very interested to learn more about how would we in this country implement some of the programs and how some of the problems were identified. >> audience questions? the man in the blue-ma'am, in the blue coat? we have a microphone, over. >> this to answer your question that you would just getting at -- what we have seen in the discussion with different countries, i have seen three sort of reactions orq differences. the first one is values, the second one is implementation. the third is influence. values -- there is a difference between the u.s. in perceptions of fairness and why are people pour? in the u.s., where you have a bottle of individual effort and the focus on work, about 2/3 of the population, according to these surveys, believe that the poor are poor because they are essentially lazy, that they are not making the e
we were not necessarily holding out the united states as a model, nor were we saying the united states has done everything wrong and you should not do what we do. so the implementation issues are what seem to be striking a lot of questions with them, and they were very interested to learn more about how would we in this country implement some of the programs and how some of the problems were identified. >> audience questions? the man in the blue-ma'am, in the blue coat? we have a...
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number one is we need to recognize people coming into the united states and troubling to the united states from overseas this is a privilege, not a right so if we get information that people may pose a threat to the united states we put them on a no-fly less or selector list and if they want to come here they've got to go more in-depth interviews. the second thing if they come here and commit a crime absolutely the terrorism act. charge them to the full extent but put them through a military tribunal. take them out of the civilian court. they do not deserve the rights and privileges that the civilian court system provides. the third thing, and this is i think an important point that you make as for americans to become traders, the spokesperson for bin laden who's an american, the d.c. five who left the u.s. sometime i think in november and went over to pakistan to practice jihad, these individuals need to be treated as the traders that they are and we have to accelerate and removed the barriers to dealing with these individuals and in the fourth point the recommendation made to the preside
number one is we need to recognize people coming into the united states and troubling to the united states from overseas this is a privilege, not a right so if we get information that people may pose a threat to the united states we put them on a no-fly less or selector list and if they want to come here they've got to go more in-depth interviews. the second thing if they come here and commit a crime absolutely the terrorism act. charge them to the full extent but put them through a military...
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states who were part of trails here in the united states. so i believe the handling of mr. abdullah tolle of is entirely appropriate. and i think people should understand that. i'm concerned about the no-fly list. i believe the definition of who would go on the no-fly list is highly convoluted, takes a philadelphia lawyer to interpret and i've been told by direct or player that it is being reassessed and hopefully will be redone. pet and is becoming the explosive of choice. were going to have more attempts using this explosive and hopefully it will not be perfect but soon. so let's go for a moment to the visas. and mr. kennedy, let me ask you, were you saying in your testimony that there will be an automatic revocation of the says four subjects of a visa viper cable or a terrorist identities mark environments the tried and true? answer is yes or no. >> answer is we send that information to our partners in the fbi and other law-enforcement agencies and in the intelligence community. we have been requested on numerous occasions by those agenci
states who were part of trails here in the united states. so i believe the handling of mr. abdullah tolle of is entirely appropriate. and i think people should understand that. i'm concerned about the no-fly list. i believe the definition of who would go on the no-fly list is highly convoluted, takes a philadelphia lawyer to interpret and i've been told by direct or player that it is being reassessed and hopefully will be redone. pet and is becoming the explosive of choice. were going to have...
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states. we need to know who those people are, we need to track them, listen to them, analyze them and see are these just ideological fanatics or are these people planning to kill other people? that's the key question. there's a lot of intelligence, but there's also going to have to be some scanning, some wiretapping, some listening in, and some intelligent surveillance. >> michael i'll let you have a quick last word. >> sure. and the question we need to ask is why all those patriot act and all those other things where they said the ordinary american has to sacrifice their privacy, and it will give you security, why all those systems didn't work, as well. >> michael, richard, thanks to both of you. a debate that will continue in the halls of congress. >>> still to come, rush limbaugh talking about his latest trip to the hospital. we'll have a report from hawaii coming up.he tell a story. my parents all smoked. my grandparents smoked. i've been a long-time smoker. i'm a guy who had given up qui
states. we need to know who those people are, we need to track them, listen to them, analyze them and see are these just ideological fanatics or are these people planning to kill other people? that's the key question. there's a lot of intelligence, but there's also going to have to be some scanning, some wiretapping, some listening in, and some intelligent surveillance. >> michael i'll let you have a quick last word. >> sure. and the question we need to ask is why all those patriot...
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the united states embassy there is closed this morning. the u.s. embassy. u.s. officials say they shut it down in response to ongoing threats from al qaeda. rachel martin has more. >> reporter: that's right. the state department taking no chances, telling employees to stay home. petraeuss' surprise visit was short and to the point. he told the yemeni president he could count on the uted states to support their efforts. the u.s. will double its aid to yemen's anti-terror efforts. petraeus met with u.s. special forces soldiers. training yemeni troops in counterterrorism. >> we've permitted the development of al qaeda there that is vibrant, widespread, and lethal. >> reporter: places christmas day bomber farouk abdulmutallab might have visited. president obama said this weekend that fighting terrorism in yemen requires partnership. >> i've made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the yemeni government. working with them to strike al qaeda terrorists. >> reporter: two weeks ago, two attacks were launched on suspected al qaeda bases in the country using
the united states embassy there is closed this morning. the u.s. embassy. u.s. officials say they shut it down in response to ongoing threats from al qaeda. rachel martin has more. >> reporter: that's right. the state department taking no chances, telling employees to stay home. petraeuss' surprise visit was short and to the point. he told the yemeni president he could count on the uted states to support their efforts. the u.s. will double its aid to yemen's anti-terror efforts. petraeus...
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i understand why the president of the united states did not take questions yet. a very tough statement, i thought it was pretty impressive. i think logically it was weak at the end, but if he had taken questions, alex, his whole statement would have been blown out, he would have had one tough question and the president may be on the defensive. every cable network, news network would have run with that particular statement, and the president's trying to control the message. he did to a degree, but i'll tell you this, i don't think the follow-ups with janet napolitano, you know, with the system worked and even brennan, i don't think that came off very well. >> huh. >> i agree with pat on that. i mean, i think the initial response that sunday, the 27th -- i mean, i don't know why you'd say the system worked. it was clear the system didn't work. and she was talking i think about, well, it didn't blow up the airplane, but you know, you have to say, look, something happened. we're getting to the bottom of it. we're going to investigate it. and when we find out where th
i understand why the president of the united states did not take questions yet. a very tough statement, i thought it was pretty impressive. i think logically it was weak at the end, but if he had taken questions, alex, his whole statement would have been blown out, he would have had one tough question and the president may be on the defensive. every cable network, news network would have run with that particular statement, and the president's trying to control the message. he did to a degree,...
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a record every single call in the united states. that is obviously counterproductive. that puts more hay on the stack when what we need as you said, is to have less say on the staff to find the needle within. we need to strike the right balance is seems to me. we can do that but we can have perfectly good and we can have perfect liberty in the age of terror. >> does an extremely important point that clark is made. at how much security, as you phrase, clark, how much is our security improved at the price of come in what you elaborate on the price of personal liberties. we can expand that way of thinking about any kind of counterterrorist measure, and say how much security do we want at the price, it might be privacy, it might be personal liberty, it might be the convenience of the traveling public. at my be monetary cost. and often is monetary cost. it might be cost in blood and treasure for military operations overseas, as in afghanistan. the question ought to be asked in each one of these endeavors if it is being conducted in the n
a record every single call in the united states. that is obviously counterproductive. that puts more hay on the stack when what we need as you said, is to have less say on the staff to find the needle within. we need to strike the right balance is seems to me. we can do that but we can have perfectly good and we can have perfect liberty in the age of terror. >> does an extremely important point that clark is made. at how much security, as you phrase, clark, how much is our security...
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martha: he stands in a court facing these charges in the united states. gentlemen, thank you very much for your instiet your insights . trace: how do voters identify themselves? a brand-new poll out with some fascinating insight into how america is shifting politically. trace: we want to clarify something we said that mutt rb r farouk abdulmutallab entered a guilty plea. the judge entered a not guilty plea for him. the not guilty plea was entered on behalf of abdulmutallab. are the republicans gaining momentum. a gu gallup poll shows the gop finishing 2009 in good shape. the poll finds conservatives ending the year as the most popular political group. last year the number of americans describing themselves as as conservatives went up 3 points since 2008. with us now, a fox news political analyst and alan colmes. it seems like you should handle the first question. gallup says the conservatives are gaining steam. >> statistically that's pretty even. the moderates are going to the left and the right based on the polarization of this country going on right no
martha: he stands in a court facing these charges in the united states. gentlemen, thank you very much for your instiet your insights . trace: how do voters identify themselves? a brand-new poll out with some fascinating insight into how america is shifting politically. trace: we want to clarify something we said that mutt rb r farouk abdulmutallab entered a guilty plea. the judge entered a not guilty plea for him. the not guilty plea was entered on behalf of abdulmutallab. are the republicans...
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he had a vista to enter the united states, granted in 2008. the fundamental question is why wasn't the vista revoked? britain revoked his ability to co to britain based on his lying in a school application. i think we need to lower the threshold of the people who can get visas to get into this country. but that means the world isn't going to like you. >> raise the threshold. >> race raise the threshold. that means the world is not going to like you. the obama's vision, he wants the world to like us. there was a lot of heat against the bush administration when we started to crack down on visas and, you know, students couldn't get in. business people couldn't get in. you will take a lot of heat if you do that. >> chris: is that, as brit frames it, is that the issue, that it's a choice between getting tough or doing things, whether it's on decisions about guantanamo, decisions about criminal defendants that may appeal to the rest of the world and the obama administration is coming down on one side of that? >> i'm not even sure it appeals to the r
he had a vista to enter the united states, granted in 2008. the fundamental question is why wasn't the vista revoked? britain revoked his ability to co to britain based on his lying in a school application. i think we need to lower the threshold of the people who can get visas to get into this country. but that means the world isn't going to like you. >> raise the threshold. >> race raise the threshold. that means the world is not going to like you. the obama's vision, he wants the...
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outside the united states, d.h.s. works with foreign governments and airlines to advise them on which passengers may prove a threat and require security measures for flights inbound for the united states. t.s.a., of course, does not screen people or baggage at international airport. regarding the christmas day attack, abdulmutallab should never have been allowed to board this plane with explosives. the interagency to fix these vulnerabilities is well underway, and we are all working on it jointly. we welcome at the department the opportunity offered by the process described by admiral blair and director leiter to contribute to improving the federal government's ability to connect and simulate intelligence, and we appreciate the work that they have done and the ongoing relationship that we have. we are also focused on improving aviation screening and expanding international partnerships to guard against a similar type of attack. i have submitted a longer written statement describing the various d.h.s. programs are at w
outside the united states, d.h.s. works with foreign governments and airlines to advise them on which passengers may prove a threat and require security measures for flights inbound for the united states. t.s.a., of course, does not screen people or baggage at international airport. regarding the christmas day attack, abdulmutallab should never have been allowed to board this plane with explosives. the interagency to fix these vulnerabilities is well underway, and we are all working on it...
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. >> will rush to help the united states after it falls apart? -- will russia helped the united states after it falls apart? >> this will also affect us. the united states is the greatest power. we have relationships. partners. the world economy is connected with invisible threads to the economy of the united states. to which someone certain problems -- to wish someone certain problems, it would be better to be in a favorable world than a world of catastrophes. from the bottom of my heart, i congratulate you on your 55th birthday and wish you success. [applause] all the people in the studio support me in my congratulations. i worked at a factory and there are just wishes. i will leave them outside the program. one more question connected with the invalids who lost their functions. i have spoken about this. i will not repeat this bridge -- i will not repeat this. no one has the right to send in the lives -- invalids to be reassessed. why aren't all labor body people working? i agree with that. tthe gap between the large incomes and the minimal inc
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and make sure the interests of the united states are taken care of, especially in terrorism, policy and our fiscal mess we are in now. i'm excited to do that if people want to send a thunder clap around the country, learn more about me, get involved and let's have some fun. >> sean: if you win this race it will be a political earthquake. if you were to grade barack obama what grade would you give him? >> he needs work to do. we was too slow reacting in the recent terrorist bombing. i'm glad he's talking about it. we need to solve that for the safety of our kids and our families. >> sean: a, b, c,? >> i'm not going to give him a grade. i him to keep us safe we are in serious trouble al-qaeda is trying to hurt us and our kids. >> sean: scott brown we appreciate it, tight race we'll continue to follow it. >> coming up turbo tax cheat tim geithner back in the hot seat. newly discovered e-mails that could cause the treasury secretary's job. >> video of the official who vowed to drop the "f" word in every board meeting in host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car i
and make sure the interests of the united states are taken care of, especially in terrorism, policy and our fiscal mess we are in now. i'm excited to do that if people want to send a thunder clap around the country, learn more about me, get involved and let's have some fun. >> sean: if you win this race it will be a political earthquake. if you were to grade barack obama what grade would you give him? >> he needs work to do. we was too slow reacting in the recent terrorist bombing....
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states and the government of the united states. we are moving as quickly as is possible. we are moving aggressively with all the assets available to this great government. we are saving lives and beginning a full-scale recovery, but put this in focus. there is one airport. the entire world is trying to get help to haiti. we are only able to land because of one apron in the airport, one taxiway, 48 aircraft on that ground a day, from all over the world. that includes the un trying to resupply their people. that includes the ability to refurbish and try to get back up on its feet. we were able to get yesterday 17 air frames in. we have the capacity to send in 700 air frames. i want the american people to understand that we are here in a position of trying to help another country, and we are going by, as we should, their priorities. they are telling us what they want in first, so there will be a lot of second-guessing of why did you not send in more doctors, why or why did you not send in the 82nd airborne quicker? we are being told n
states and the government of the united states. we are moving as quickly as is possible. we are moving aggressively with all the assets available to this great government. we are saving lives and beginning a full-scale recovery, but put this in focus. there is one airport. the entire world is trying to get help to haiti. we are only able to land because of one apron in the airport, one taxiway, 48 aircraft on that ground a day, from all over the world. that includes the un trying to resupply...
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ok, we do that in the united states. now somebody gets on an airplane in yemen and transfers in amsterdam. what kind of threat to do we have in the world of transportation that says it is fine for tsa to be doing this, but it will not have any impact on the kind of thing that we saw with the christmas pa bomber? give me your reaction on how technology can be used and how we can get other countries to use it. >> do not know anything that has frustrated me personally more than the inability over a period of years to develop adequate detection equipment. the most serious thing, in my mind, is the inability to detect nuclear materials. and knowing and spend a lot of money at that. this is a problem that goes back well before 9/11. but we still have not come up with it. so i think there has to be a crash effort, if you will, in the search and development in the scientific community to develop better technology here. the hijackers got on those airplanes in at 911 with four- inch blade knives. they knew you could not get on wit
ok, we do that in the united states. now somebody gets on an airplane in yemen and transfers in amsterdam. what kind of threat to do we have in the world of transportation that says it is fine for tsa to be doing this, but it will not have any impact on the kind of thing that we saw with the christmas pa bomber? give me your reaction on how technology can be used and how we can get other countries to use it. >> do not know anything that has frustrated me personally more than the inability...
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. >> to go after the taliban on the pakistani side of the border, the united states relies almost exclusively on its predator drones. but those predators require agents on the ground to direct them. >> reporter: the risks for the cia are only expected to increase here. the agency is expanding its operations both in pakistan and in afghanistan. today, the cia said its resolve was greater than ever and it vowed revenge on an enemy that managed to infiltrate one of its most important bases. nick schifrin, abc news, kabul. >>> we turn now to former cia agent bob baer, who was stationed in that part of the world, what does this attack do to gather information. >> i hit the's cats trofkic. the cia will be reluctant to send people out in the field and have them meet afghans for fear of being killed by a suicide bomber. >> can you be sure that the people that you're meeting with are legit? >> you can't always be sure. it will always be present. >> what does it say that the taliban was essentially able to infiltrate the cia, isn't it supposed to be the other way around? >> well, it's not a question of
. >> to go after the taliban on the pakistani side of the border, the united states relies almost exclusively on its predator drones. but those predators require agents on the ground to direct them. >> reporter: the risks for the cia are only expected to increase here. the agency is expanding its operations both in pakistan and in afghanistan. today, the cia said its resolve was greater than ever and it vowed revenge on an enemy that managed to infiltrate one of its most important...
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secondly, the united states and the west continues to get hit by al qaeda terrorists even after obama said he's going to close it. >> hold on. can we -- [ all talking at once ] >> hold on for one minute. can we stay away from water boarding, please? these are the actions obama took that signaled the cia to back off. one, he restricted the cia's rendition to preempt terrorism. two, he closed secret interrogation center as broad. three, he banned water boarding. four, closing guantanamo. five, he ordered captured unlawful combat anne today be read miranda rights. six, he's trying ksm, khalid shaikh mohammed and other terrorists like abdul abdul an -- abdulmutallab. he issued no protests for italy for con vicinitying 23 u.s. cia and military officials in absentia, our guys. and nine, rather, finally, he unleashed the prosecute bush policymakers for their counterterrorism policy. you want to speak to that? >> yes. i think this absolutely plays into this whole area of modern and traditional confusion that was best summed up by the supreme court during the bush administration that decided p
secondly, the united states and the west continues to get hit by al qaeda terrorists even after obama said he's going to close it. >> hold on. can we -- [ all talking at once ] >> hold on for one minute. can we stay away from water boarding, please? these are the actions obama took that signaled the cia to back off. one, he restricted the cia's rendition to preempt terrorism. two, he closed secret interrogation center as broad. three, he banned water boarding. four, closing...
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berated and banned from boarding a flight to the united states, all because of her faith. the council on american islamic relations calls these textbook cases of profiling. >> it is against the law, unconstitutional and un-american to single out people because of their religion. >> reporter: u.s. customs who handle the canadian woman's case would not comment, but in a statement to cnn, the tsa says current screenings from bulky headwear has been in place since 2007. wearing a headscarf doesn't automatically trigger a search and "in instances where passengers choose not to remove bulky clothing, including headwear, our office are trained to offer a private screening area, and may conduct a pat down search to clear the individual." hasan says her pat down search happened in public, in front of her 5-year-old daughter and several male tsa agents. she stresses she favors strict security, but not when the screening is selective. >> do they even know what they're looking for? you're targeting innocent people yet the bad guy, getting away. makes me wonder. >> reporter: the counci
berated and banned from boarding a flight to the united states, all because of her faith. the council on american islamic relations calls these textbook cases of profiling. >> it is against the law, unconstitutional and un-american to single out people because of their religion. >> reporter: u.s. customs who handle the canadian woman's case would not comment, but in a statement to cnn, the tsa says current screenings from bulky headwear has been in place since 2007. wearing a...
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states wants because the united states gets what they want. i'm a terrorist and all the united states citizens are terrorists. are you there? >> guest: i'm here. >> caller: go ahead. >> host: no, he's gone. >> guest: what i was pointing to is the -- is the political nature of this. i mean, cuba is a big issue especially in florida where i lived for a long time. and so, you know, it's something that, you know, is always going to add a few complications to something like this. i think the government -- the administration certainly looked at this and decided to go the safe route and add cuba in there. >> host: what's the difference between a terrorist watch list and a no-fly list? and why wouldn't they just put everybody on the terrorist list on the terrorist watch list on the no-fly list? >> guest: you know, that's a good question. i think there's been a lot of -- a lot of examination now of exactly what these different lists include. the way -- the way the government explains it is, there's a larger database, which has got 550,000 people on the
states wants because the united states gets what they want. i'm a terrorist and all the united states citizens are terrorists. are you there? >> guest: i'm here. >> caller: go ahead. >> host: no, he's gone. >> guest: what i was pointing to is the -- is the political nature of this. i mean, cuba is a big issue especially in florida where i lived for a long time. and so, you know, it's something that, you know, is always going to add a few complications to something like...
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or other agency of united states government. you claim that this is a misunderstanding or a miscommunication. are you willing to forgo any financial gain that may arise through this incident including appearances, books, bees, or television opportunities such as any reality tv shows? >> i am only compelled to respond to questions are on the circumstances. i respectfully decline that answer your question. >> i think that these witnesses have a right to invoke the fifth amendment against self- incrimination when it relates to criminal activity. something that would incriminate them in a criminal proceeding. i also think that they me be offering the fifth amendment question that do not so involved such jeopardy. i ask that we consider what response we should have to these witnesses. thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. i thank the witnesses for their testimony and the members for their questions p. i would remind the witnesses that the member of the committee may have additional questions for you and we will ask you to r
or other agency of united states government. you claim that this is a misunderstanding or a miscommunication. are you willing to forgo any financial gain that may arise through this incident including appearances, books, bees, or television opportunities such as any reality tv shows? >> i am only compelled to respond to questions are on the circumstances. i respectfully decline that answer your question. >> i think that these witnesses have a right to invoke the fifth amendment...
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president, under the previous administration, we saw the debt of the united states double. they were basically handed -- they were handed a budget surplus, and they turned it into an enormous budget deficit. over the next eight years, sadly, with no work, if we do nothing, it is projected to double again. long-term projections vary, but it is clear that this course is not the course that we want to take. despite years of talk from both parties, little progress has been made, which is why i believe that to ensure the nation's future economic security, we need to establish a budget commission dedicated to examining this problemmed in detail and coming up with recommendations to address the long-term fiscal challenges of this country. and i don't want just to have, mr. president, a study that sits on a shelf. the american people deserve better than that. that's why i believe it is very important to have the statutory commission with an up-and-down vote on the recommendations of the commission. it has worked before for social security. and i believe that it will work here. i re
president, under the previous administration, we saw the debt of the united states double. they were basically handed -- they were handed a budget surplus, and they turned it into an enormous budget deficit. over the next eight years, sadly, with no work, if we do nothing, it is projected to double again. long-term projections vary, but it is clear that this course is not the course that we want to take. despite years of talk from both parties, little progress has been made, which is why i...
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that bill, as you know, is pending in the united states senate. it is not only essential to those making good faith effort to find work but a direct spark to local economies. the bill will help us build roads, lay tracks and upgrade water systems and more. some of the best ways to create good-paying jobs. building needed infrastructure. it is critical the bill gets taken to the president's job as soon as possible. in the last administration, turned a massive surplus into record deficits. on today's right, fiscal denial accuracy deficit. meanwhile the country is rightfully worried that washington is spending too much money. democrats get it and we will do something about it. our country faces hard choices. it can no longer and no longer should be put off. so we're working to pass a strong pay as you go legislation, which is as we speak being considered in the senate this week because the pledge to pay for what we buy is a proven deficit reduce you are. president obama has announced a freeze of discretionary spending which will require us to choose
that bill, as you know, is pending in the united states senate. it is not only essential to those making good faith effort to find work but a direct spark to local economies. the bill will help us build roads, lay tracks and upgrade water systems and more. some of the best ways to create good-paying jobs. building needed infrastructure. it is critical the bill gets taken to the president's job as soon as possible. in the last administration, turned a massive surplus into record deficits. on...
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states and that this incident isn't going to impact that relationship. according to one analyst we talked to here who is very familiar with the way these intelligence agencies work, what this is going to mean is because this double agent double crossed the cia and bombed against them, rather than informing on al qaeda, this is going to need a re-evaluation of all those types of agents who are in afghanistan working on al qaeda, which essentially means that for the cia and jordanian intelligence and all those other agencies, it is going to slow down the hunt for osama bin laden. it is going to take time to go back and check the spies. >> nic robertson, thank you. >>> the republican on the house homeland security committee is blasting the obama administration's handling of terror suspects. from the planned closing of guantanamo bay to the decision to try, new york congressman, peter king, says the u.s. is sending the wrong signal. >> one of the first things we need to do is pass the keep terrorists out of america act, a common sense bill republicans have p
states and that this incident isn't going to impact that relationship. according to one analyst we talked to here who is very familiar with the way these intelligence agencies work, what this is going to mean is because this double agent double crossed the cia and bombed against them, rather than informing on al qaeda, this is going to need a re-evaluation of all those types of agents who are in afghanistan working on al qaeda, which essentially means that for the cia and jordanian intelligence...
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this was an attempted act of war against the united states of america. we had al ckqaeda moving an operative on an american plane, putting him in a specific seat to do this crime. the president took days to respond. they treat this fellow, reading him his miranda rights instead of getting an interrogation where we can get serious information. they didn't notify the other pilots. larry, did they do anything right is what i want to ask? this is a commander in chief who looks to me like he's not certain what to do when something goes wrong. he has to study it a couple weeks. we need better. >> larry: mark, how do you deal with the delicate balance between the constitution and rights of any individual, to presumption of innocence, the right to a lawyer and an imminent threat to the country? >> well, i don't think it's that delicate of a balance. we need to keep both things in full view. the reality is we can never compromise our values or beliefs in the service of fighting the war on terror. it's not an either/or proposition. it's a both/and proposition. we
this was an attempted act of war against the united states of america. we had al ckqaeda moving an operative on an american plane, putting him in a specific seat to do this crime. the president took days to respond. they treat this fellow, reading him his miranda rights instead of getting an interrogation where we can get serious information. they didn't notify the other pilots. larry, did they do anything right is what i want to ask? this is a commander in chief who looks to me like he's not...
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at that time, the united states was also claiming repeatedly that soviet union was developing its own missile defense program, its own strategic defense initiative. paul nitzan gave a speech in july saying of the soviets, clearly they see the potential applications ford vance defensive technologies, otherwise there would not be investing so much effort in so many resources in this area. and of course we had some good propaganda of our own in a number of glossy reports which were issued by the pentagon and state department. we show the soviets have a laser reaching up to satellite. this pencil drawing appeared at least four times and pentagon and state department brochures, but this laser shooting at these guys did not exist. in fact the soviets at one time wanted to build such a laser but after years of trying they had failed. this is the state of our knowledge of corporate job. what really was going on? what really was happening was quite different. within three months of taking office, all the top designers and constrictors and the military space program brought to gorbachev a colos
at that time, the united states was also claiming repeatedly that soviet union was developing its own missile defense program, its own strategic defense initiative. paul nitzan gave a speech in july saying of the soviets, clearly they see the potential applications ford vance defensive technologies, otherwise there would not be investing so much effort in so many resources in this area. and of course we had some good propaganda of our own in a number of glossy reports which were issued by the...
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how are they representing the united states? aren't they will not for overthrowing democratic leaders? but -- are today well known for overthrowing democratic leaders? guest: certainly in the early days the cia was doing a lot of that kind of thing. there was a well-known operation to depose leaders, democratic or not, at a lot of that of the early days that aired out in the 1970's and congressional hearings. you are right, there is a lot i know about what the cia is actually doing. it is the cia job, its charter, to go abroad and break the laws of other countries. by doing as be announced, they are breaking laws -- of other nations -- and by doing espionage, they are breaking laws of other nations. it is legal by u.s. law because it is approved by the president. but it is the nature of what they do, to steal the secrets of target governments. host: michigan, mark. help me with the name of your town. caller: it would appear that based on a lot of our recent incidents with fort hood and the letter that the ability to filter is th
how are they representing the united states? aren't they will not for overthrowing democratic leaders? but -- are today well known for overthrowing democratic leaders? guest: certainly in the early days the cia was doing a lot of that kind of thing. there was a well-known operation to depose leaders, democratic or not, at a lot of that of the early days that aired out in the 1970's and congressional hearings. you are right, there is a lot i know about what the cia is actually doing. it is the...